thrall, you are trying to turn this into something personal, when it isn't. I have never said anything about anyone specific, never implied anything, and wasn't even THINKING it. I have never said (or implied, or thought) that quality and quantity are mutually exclusive concepts. I don't have anything against anyone in the hall of fame or who have received any kind of awards (heck, I am ON the list myself, if you noticed).

I don't know how I can possibly rephrase what I have been trying to say one more time, so I will just quote myself.

I remember the days before the hall of fame, and I have to say that there seemed to be a pretty drastic and immediate fall off of long and insightful posting in favour of quick one word replies in the fun and games forum. It seemed like very few people could be bothered to spend 20 minutes writing out a reply when they could instead increase their post count by 50 during that time. It has gotten better as of late, but I actually wandered off for several months at one point just because there was very little activity relating to BDSM anymore.
Before the Hall of Fame people would strive for their first 150 posts in order to get into the Cellar. But then the "bar" was raised to 1000 and the quantity vs. quality balance seriously shifted. People would come into the chat room desperately looking for someone to go play F&G with them so they could win their awards. I am personally aware of members who stayed up all night for the SOLE REASON of winning their award.
I am all for anything that increases BDSM knowledge and experience based discussion. It is not about decreasing non-BDSM topics.
I don't know how to make it any more simple than the last line I put in bold. I am sharing my own personal experiences and observations. I am done trying to make the same point six different ways from Sunday, so I am done here unless I have something new to add to the conversation.